Neck-yoke center.



Patented May I4, |90I.

l J. ZIEGLER.

NECK YDKE CENTER.

` (Application filed Dec. 21, 1900.)

(No Modeln afronta YN: Noam! mils on. PMOTaLuHo.. wmucmw. D c,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB ZIEGLER, OF COFFEYVILLE, KANSAS.

NECK-YOKE CENTER.

SPECIFICATION forming` part of Letters Patent No..6'74,150, dated May 14, 1901. Application liled December 21, 1900. Serial 110.40678. UNO 111011610 T0 all whom, it may concern.:

Be it known that I, JACOB ZIEGLER, a citizen of the United States, residingl at Coffeyville, in the county of Montgomery and State of Kansas, have invented a new and ,useful Neck-Yoke Center, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in neck-yoke centers and the like.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide an article of this class which may be applied to the ordinary pole of a vehicle and which will be automatically locked in place thereon, but may be readily and easily removed.

A further object is to provide means for securinggthe same to the neck-yoke, so that said yoke will be freely movable to permit of the necessary movement of the animals, thus pre-` venting abnormal strain upon the harness` In order that the invention may be readily understood, the preferred form of constru ction and the operationI of the same are described in the following specification and illustrated in the drawings which accompany and form apart of the same. It will be understood, however, that the construction shown and described is open to change and modification within the scope of the claims hereto appended.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of portions of a vehicle-pole and a neckyoke connected by the improved center. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a front elevation.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the several gures of the drawings.

In order to fully illustrate the application` of the improved device, a portion of a neckyoke and the front end of a vehicle-pole are shown in the drawings and are designated, respectively, 10 and 11. The pole is provided with the usual tip 12, which carries `on its un-l These several eleder side a stop-flange 13. ments are well known in the art and may be changed as desired, the present invention re'- lating to the means for securing the pole and yoke together. This means in the present construction is substantially as follows: A neck-yoke sleeve 14 is provided which preferably comprises two duplicate sections 15, arranged to be placed together about said yoke. Each of these sections has outstanding perforated lugs 16 and 17 at its opposite side edges, through which when in assembled position are passed securing-bolts 18 and 19. One pair of these lugs 17 are spaced apart and form hinge-ears, to which is pivotally connected the pole holding device, the bolt 19 forming the pintle of the same. The pole-holder is made up of two elements, a supporting-ring 20 and a locking-loop 21, the supporting-ring 20 being pivoted to the locking-loop 21 aud the locking-loop being pivoted to the neck-yoke Asleeve 111. The locking-loop 21 is provided with a circular opening, the diameter of which .is sufficiently large to permit of its passage over the stop-Harige 13 of the pole-tip. The loop, furthermore, has an offset perforated shoulder 22, arranged at substantially right angles to the loop and forming a hinge-eye, arranged between the ears of the yoke-sleeve and pivotally connected to the same by means of the pintle 19. The supporting-ring 20 is pivotally hung in the upper portion of the locking-loop, being provided with anoiset shoulder 23, that lits in a socket 24 in the upper wall of said loop and is secured therein by means of the pivot-pin 25.

In placing the device upon the pole the supporting-ring is placed within the lockingloop, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and the pole is passed through said ring, which is arranged to bear against the stop-flange of the tip. The pole is then allowed to drop slightly-causing the locking-loop to'pas's over .and engage the pole -tip behind the stopi'lange. The supporting-ring and locking-loop will thereby engage the pole-tip on opposite sides of the stop-flange, and will thus be securely locked in place thereon. =To release the device, it is only necessary to bring the neck-yoke into juxtaposition to the pole, thereby swinging the locking-loop over the stop-ange and permitting the ready removal of the pole.

By the above means it will be seen t-hata very simple device is provided by means of which the pole and neck-yoke are automatically locked together when in operative position, but may be readily unlocked when desired. Furthermore, the yoke is pivotally se- IOO cured, so that it is free to conform to the movement of the animals,and thus will avoid unnecessary strain upon the harness.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, and many advantages of the herein-described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit or sacriticin g any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a device of the class described, the combination with a supportingring arranged to engage upon one side of the stop-tlange of a pole-tip, of a locking member arranged to engage upon the side of said flange opposite the supporting-ring, said retaining member and supporting ring being pivotally connected and freely movable with relation to each other, and means connected to said retaining member for securing the same to a neck-yoke said means being oifset to one side of the locking member so that the operative position of said locking member Will be controlled by the relative positions of the pole and neck-yoke.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a locking member having a portion offset to one side thereof, of a snp-` porting-ring pivotally secured to the locking member, and means engaging the offset portion of the locking member to fasten the same to a neck-yoke.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination` With a locking member having a portion oiset to one side thereof, of a supporting-ring pivotally secured to the locking member, and a neck-yoke sleeve secured to the olfset portion of the locking member.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination with alocking-loop having a portion offset to one side thereof, of a supportingring pivotally secured to the locking-loop, and a neck-yoke sleeve pivotally secured to the offset portion of the locking-loop.

5. In a neck-yoke center, the combination with a neck-yoke sleeve, of a locking-loop pivotally connected to said sleeve, and a supporting-ring pivotally connected to the locking-loop..

In a neck-yoke center, the combination with a sleeve having spaced ears, of a locking-loop having an offset stud pivotally secured between the ears of the sleeve, and a supporting-ring pivotally connected to the locking-loop.

7. In a neck-yoke center, the combination with a sectional sleeve, each section of which is provided with an ear, of a locking-loop having an offset stud pivotally connected to the ears ofthe sleeve and having a socket in one wall, and a supporting-ring having a stud secured in the socket of the locking-loop.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflxed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JACOB ZIEGLER.

Witnesses:

E. L. TURNER, II. H. LUKEN. 

